Need to create a Lion install disk
I am on the side of those who think this is recovery method is absolutely stupid. I want a USB drive (and I'm not paying $68 for it, since I could buy 10 8GB USB flash drives for that amount of cash, and Lion is supposed to be included for us) with the whole installation disk. I travel a lot, and although I've only had to use recovery disks once, it was in a place without internet, so I would be up the creek under this new Apple "innovation."
So, I have a new MBP. Of course, it came with Lion. I cannot figure out a way to download Lion to create a Lion installer. If I go to the App store, it says "installed". I can't do anything there. I don't think Apple saved more than $1 in production costs for a Lion DVD installer, so this is truly annoying.
How can I get the Lion disk image to get the installer onto a flash drive, so that I can save my Mac, just in case? I know how to creat the installer, but I need Lion.
And I'm going to head over to the complaint department to register my annoyance at this. I mean why couldn't they have included a USB flash drive in the brand new box? I actually looked, believe it or not.
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)